Microservices Java backend engineer /Associate Director, Software Engineering

HSBC; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India seeks an Associate Director, Software Engineering to lead Java backend microservices for Rates trading platforms. You will own end-to-end delivery, guide design choices, and mentor engineers in a fast-paced fintech environment.

You will design APIs using gRPC/Protobuf, ensure high availability, data integrity, and secure-by-design practices while collaborating with Product Owners and stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT experience in Java development.
• Experience in microservices architecture and Elasticsearch/ELK.
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus.
• JMS/IBM MQ/Artemis/Solace exposure.
• DevOps/CI/CD and security tooling like TeamCity/Jenkins, JIRA/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Build and run core services for Rates trade booking and trade storage.
• Own end-to-end delivery: technical design, hands-on development (60-70%), CI/CD, production readiness, and operational support.
• Design APIs and integrations using gRPC and Protobuf; streaming patterns (SSE).
• Ensure robust auditability: versioning, access controls, data retention, secure-by-design engineering.
• Mentor engineers and partner with Product Owners to deliver iteratively and maintain lightweight UIs.

Skills

Java backend

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

DevOps

gRPC/Protobuf

SSE streaming

Security practices

JVM

Tools

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Kibana

Elasticsearch

IBM MQ

Artemis

JIRA

Confluence

NexusIQ

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others. If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

• Build and run core services for Rates trade booking and trade storage, with a design that can extend across broader FICC products. Own end-to-end delivery for your services: technical design, hands-on development (60-70%), CI/CD, production readiness, and operational support ("you build it, you run it").
• Engineer for high availability, strong data consistency, and high throughput, including resilience patterns, capacity planning, and performance tuning. Design and implement service interfaces using gRPC/Protobuf and streaming patterns (e.g., HTTP SSE) to integrate with upstream/downstream platforms.
• Ensure robust auditability and controls: versioning of trade changes, traceability, access controls, data retention, and secure-by-design engineering. Drive a step-change in engineering culture: raise standards through design/code reviews, automation, observability, and incident learning, mentoring engineers through practical examples. Partner with Product Owners/BAs and stakeholders to shape requirements into clear user stories and deliver iteratively with predictable outcomes. Build and maintain lightweight UIs where needed to support trade enquiry, operational workflows, and exception handling.
• Strong experience as a senior Java backend engineer (microservices), with proven ownership of production systems. Solid understanding of distributed systems: concurrency, idempotency, failure handling, consistency models, and resiliency patterns. Hands-on experience designing APIs and integrations using gRPC and Protobuf; familiarity with streaming/real-time update patterns (e.g., SSE).
• Strong PostgreSQL skills (data modelling, indexing, performance tuning) and experience building consistent, auditable transactional stores. DevOps/SRE mindset: CI/CD pipelines, automated quality gates, monitoring/alerting, and operational tooling (e.g., Grafana/Prometheus/ELK).
• Secure engineering practices: vulnerability management, secrets handling, access control, audit logging, and compliance-aware delivery. Domain knowledge of trade lifecycle and STP, ideally in Rates (broader FICC exposure a plus). Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and influencing engineering culture without formal line management.

To Be Successful, You Will

• 7+ years of IT experience in Java development as an Individual contributor as well as mentor. Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation and analytical skills
• Experience in micro services architecture, Elasticsearch and ELK. Experience in Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus
• Exposure to Message driven architectures working on JMS, IBM MQ / Artemis / Solace etc. Hands-on experience with DevOps, CI/CD and Cyber Security tools ex. Teamcity /Jenkins / JIRA/ Confluence / NexusIQ / CheckMarx
• Hands-on experience with RDBMS (e.g. Oracle) or NOSQL DBs (e.g. MongoDB). In-depth knowledge of Trade Life cycle & Straight Through Processing (STP)
• Exposure to Fixed Income Currency and Commodities products. High Frequency and Low latency coding, Rust, Go, Python

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by - HSBC Software Development India